Harry Thompson Books

Harry Thompson established himself as a multifaceted literary talent, known for his insightful contributions to comedy, biography, and novel writing. His extensive background in radio and television production allowed him to nurture and launch numerous prominent comedic careers, significantly shaping contemporary British humor. Thompson's sole novel, a historical work, garnered critical acclaim and was long-listed for the Booker Prize, showcasing his ability to craft compelling narratives rooted in the past. Beyond fiction, he delved into biographical studies and penned an engaging account of a unique sporting expedition, demonstrating a broad literary scope and a keen observational eye.

This Thing of Darkness
A Story of Adventure, Tragedy and a Voyage That Changed the World
626 pages
22 hours of reading
1828 - Brilliant young naval officer Robert FitzRoy is given the captaincy of HMS Beagle, surveying the wilds of Tierra del Fuego, aged just twenty-three. He takes a passenger: a young trainee cleric and amateur geologist named Charles Darwin. This is the story of a deep friendship between two men, and the twin obsessions that tore it apart, leading one to triumph and the other to disaster...
4.5
I'm Not Upside Down, I'm Downside Up
Welcome to my downside up life! My name is Ariana and I want to explain what it's like to have pathological demand avoidance from my perspective. I'll try and show you why I am the way I am from inside my own head and why I often feel like I have to control the things around me by avoiding demands as much as I can.
4.3
Tintin: Herge and His Creation
A fascinating and witty account of the life of Tintin, his creator, and the phenomenon that they became.
4.1
Penguins Stopped Play
256 pages
9 hours of reading
It seemed a simple enough idea at the outset: to assemble a team of eleven men to play cricket on each of the seven continents of the globe. Except - hold on a minute - that's not a simple idea at all. And when you throw in incompetent airline officials, amorous Argentine Colonels' wives, cunning Bajan drug dealers, gay Australian waiters, overzealous American anti-terrorist police, idiot Welshmen dressed as Santa Claus, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and whole armies of pitch-invading Antarctic penguins, you quickly arrive at a whole lot more than you bargained for. Harry Thompson's hilarious book tells the story of one of those great idiotic enterprises that only an Englishman could have dreamed up, and only a bunch of Englishmen could possibly have wished to carry out.
4.1

This Thing of Darkness

I'm Not Upside Down, I'm Downside Up

Tintin: Herge and His Creation

Penguins Stopped Play